Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious traditionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Buddhist8%34%36%15%7%166
Catholic38%9%41%9%3%4,173
Evangelical Protestant67%4%24%2%2%6,541
Historically Black Protestant52%5%37%4%2%1,423
Jehovah's Witness81%1%12%1%5%203
Jewish27%17%42%9%5%320
Mainline Protestant38%9%45%5%3%3,532
Mormon71%3%19%4%4%545
Muslim42%11%33%11%4%152
Orthodox Christian36%10%46%6%3%103
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")10%19%53%15%3%3,048
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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